Favorite quotes

[Vanni Fucci]

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~~ Edmund Burke

 

[merryclaire]

hello pea!
you abandoned me the other night
i ended up having to sit with that whiny hairdresser guy...eeek!

....children today have no respect for their elders....
Socrates

 

[peapod]

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
george carlin

 

[Vanni Fucci]

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ~~ Oscar Wilde

 

[Vanni Fucci]

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows ~~ Jewish Proverb

 

[peapod]

Sorry..but dude whines to much for me I didn't want to make him cry...so I ehm...left hahahaahhahaahahhaaha

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
george carlin

 

[Vanni Fucci]

"I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence."
~~ Doug McLeod

 

[peapod]

1. Get enough food to eat and eat it.
2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.
3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.
4.
Richard Brautigan

 

[merryclaire]

that's a good one pea.

if you want to be loved, be lovable.
Ovid

 

[merryclaire]

Busted flat in Baton Rouge
waiting for the bus
Feeling as faded as my jeans

Janis Joplin

 

[zenfisher]

Actually Merry Claire...that's Kris Kristoferson (sp). Just ask the Rev ...he still owes me a Nikon over that quote.

 

[Reverend Blair]

Not exactly, Zen...It was the whole song, not the quote. I might have been able to win on that basis because Joplin changed some of the words.

I'll get that Nikon to ya any day now. I'm not really sure why you'd want it...It's all brassed at the corners and you can't change the film speed and it has some dents. Of course the shots are as sharp as ever and the exposures are bang on (as long as you do the math right).

 

[bogie]

"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."
Eddie Cantor

 

[Twila]

Why should I!? It's not MY dog.

- My daughter (at 5yrs of age) to the old man who suggested She just tell his dog to be quiet when it started to barking at us.

 

[peapod]

Wow! your daughter is wise twila


Man, they were nihilists, man. They kept saying they believed in nothing. :lol: :lol:
The dude

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

Aiming isn't hitting.

-- Swahili proverb.

 

[bogie]

"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."
Albert Einstein

 

[peapod]

I only mention it 'cause sometimes there's a man, I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero, but sometimes there's a man, and I'm talking about the Dude here, sometimes there's a man, well, he's The Man for that time and place. He fits there. And that's the Dude.
the big lebowski

 

[merryclaire]

do you know that every time you're near
everybody else seems far away

current song on radio, i can't remember the band, but i love that line

 

[merryclaire]

zen, i stand corrected re: janis, you are right of course, slipped my mind!